Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth; Which by its cold and sharpness it offends. So is the sluggard; unserviceable and vexatious.
As vinegar to the teeth; Which by its cold and sharpness it offends. So is the sluggard; unserviceable and vexatious.
Verse Proverbs 10:26. _AS VINEGAR TO THE TEETH_] The _acid_ softening and dissolving the _alkali_ of the bone, so as to impair their texture, and render them incapable of _masticating_; and as _smoke...
The teeth set on edge by the sour wine used by peasants Ruth 2:14; Psalms 69:21, the eye irritated by wood-smoke, these shadow the annoyance of having a messenger who will loiter on the way....
II. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON: CHAPTER S 10--19:19 Beginning with the tenth chapter we have the collection of proverbs given by inspiration through Solomon. In this section the personal address, “My son...
PROVERBS 10:2 (_cf._ Psalms 3:7). RIGHTEOUSNESS: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the wicked. T...
SMOKE. In Eastern tents and houses, wood or charcoal fires, and no chimneys....
_them that send him_ Contrast Proverbs 25:13....
AS VINEGAR TO THE TEETH— "A negligent dilatory servant vexes and rives, as it were, with trouble those who send him; just as keen vinegar gives pain to the teeth, and bitter smoke vexes and torments t...
TEXT Proverbs 10:23-32 23. It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And so is wisdom to a man of understanding. 24. The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righte...
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. AS VINEGAR (IS HURTFUL) TO THE TEETH, AND AS SMOKE TO THE EYES, SO (IS) THE SLUGGARD (hurtful) to them...
Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or explan...
These proverbs are about time. Solomon discusses different situations. He explains what will happen in the future....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 10 THE PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) OF SOLOMON (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 22:16) The second major section in the Book of Proverbs is...
There is humour in this verse. If you send a lazy man with a message, your message may never arrive. Instead, send a wise man with the message. It will soon arrive....
כַּ † חֹ֤מֶץ ׀ לַ † שִּׁנַּ֗יִם וְ...
CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and external w...
THE BLESSING OF THE LORD MAKETH RICH Proverbs 10:17-32 Let us specially avoid talking too much. Silence is golden. See Proverbs 10:19. Yet _the tongue of the just is as choice silver and the lips of...
Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indeed...
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that (l) send him. (l) He is trouble and grief to him about any business....
_Him. He spoils all their projects, (Calmet) and becomes a nuisance._...
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that hideth hatred with lying li...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
AS VINEGAR TO THE TEETH,.... Which, with its coldness and sourness, blunts the teeth, and makes it troublesome to eat: the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, "as the sour grape is hu...
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him. Ver. 26. _So is the sluggard to them that send him._] _Habent aulae suum cito, cito._ What thou doest, d...
_As vinegar to the teeth_ Which, by its coldness and sharpness, it offends; _and as smoke, &c., so is the sluggard_ Unserviceable and vexatious. “A negligent, dilatory servant vexes those who send him...
V. 26. AS VINEGAR TO THE TEETH, affecting the enamel and tending to make the teeth feel dull, AND AS SMOKE TO THE EYES, affecting the sensitive membranes and interfering with sight, SO IS THE SLUGGARD...
1 The comfort of parents much depends on their children; and this suggests to both, motives to their duties. Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 10:3. Though the righteous may be poor, the Lord will not suffer h...
Proverbs 10:26 vinegar H2558 teeth H8127 smoke H6227 eyes H5869 lazy H6102 send H7971 (H8802) vinegar -...
A COLLECTION OF SOLOMON'S PROVERBS (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the initial...
THE BLESSING OF YHWH, WHICH COMES AS A RESULT OF THE FEAR OF YHWH, MAKES RICH WITHOUT THE BAD CONSEQUENCES THAT CAN RESULT FROM RICHES, AND PRODUCES TRUE JOY, WHILST THE FOOL SUFFERS THE WORST POSSIBL...
A COLLECTION OF SOLOMON'S PROVERBS (PROVERBS 10:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27). Solomon's presentation of The Book of Proverbs has followed the pattern of much Wisdom literature. This commenced with the initial...
CONTENTS: The blessedness of the ways of righteousness and the folly of the ways of wickedness. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: The head of the just man will be crowned with the blessings both...
Proverbs 10:1. _The Proverbs of Solomon._ The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have had a...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 10:26_ THE VEXATIOUSNESS OF A SLUGGISH SERVANT I. HE IS AS SMOKE TO THE EYES. Smoke in the eyes prevents the accomplishment of a man’s purposes, or at least it hinders an...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-22:16 PART III. FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS. VERSE 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with the words, "a wise son....
Now in chapter 10 we have individual proverbs. Most of these individual proverbs are in contrast, where they are contrasting the wise with the foolish, or the wicked with the righteous. Or the diligen...
Hebrews 6:12; Isaiah 65:5; Matthew 25:26; Proverbs 25:13; Proverb
So — Unserviceable and vexatious....